In celebration of the opening of the exhibition
Cocktail Culture—an
exploration of the social ritual of the cocktail party through the lens
of fashion and design—a cocktail reception and exclusive exhibition
preview will be held on Wednesday, December 14, 2011.
Proceeds from the
Cocktail Culture Exhibition Opening Gala will
benefit the Museum’s Education and Public Programs and will support a
wide range of creative initiatives related to exhibitions, collections,
educational programming, technology, and staff and audience
development.
The
Cocktail Culture exhibition will feature approximately 150
objects drawn from collections at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School
of Design; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Newark Museum; the
Tiffany & Co. Archive; and private lenders. The exhibition will
include examples of fashionable cocktail attire by major designers such
as Cristobal Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Jeanne Lanvin, Yves Saint
Laurent, Norman Norell, Scaasi, Valentino, Pierre Cardin; accessories by
Elsa Schiaparelli, Tiffany, Judith Leiber, Christian Dior, Van Cleef
and Arpel, and Kenneth Jay Lane; and decorative arts; photography; and
illustration.
Date: December 14, 2011
Time: 6 p.m.-8 p.m. reception
Location: Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach
Ticket Price: $250
Contact: Rebecca Levine
1451 South Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Telephone: (561) 832-5196 x1121
Exhibition: Dec. 15, 2011 - March 11, 2012
Curator: Michelle Tolini Finamore
Gala Chair
Annie Falk
Young Friends Gala Chairs
Beth Beattie
Damienne De Cristo
Katherine Lande
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Benefactors
Annie and Michael Falk
Vanessa and Anthony Beyer
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Soter
Grand Patrons
The Marvin H. Davidson Foundation. Inc.
Michele and Howard Kessler
Jana and John Scarpa
Mrs. Harold Smith
Patrons
Christine and Bill Aylward
Ruth and Ted Baum
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Butler
Barbara and Peter Georgescu
Irene and Jim Karp
Ann and Gilbert Maurer
Joanne Pearson
Muriel ad Ralph Saltzman
Supporters
Jane Carroll and Leo Arnaboldi
Doreen and Gilbert Bassin
Trudi Borchardt
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Fisher
J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Foundation
Dorothy and Sidney Kohl
Joan Lazarus
Ellen and Irwin Levy
Margaret and David Luce
Kay and Peter Lyons
Elaine A. Merriman
Sydelle Meyer
Bridget and Tim Moran
Lynn and John Pohanka
Thomas C. Quick
Mr. and Mrs. William Samuels
Lynn Joy and Meyer Sapoff
Tracy and Matt Smith
Kathryn and Leo Vecellio
Corporate Parton
Frank Crystal & Company
Corporate Supporters
Akerman Senterfitt
Sotheby’s
Sutra International Design, LLC
In-Kind sponsor
Bacardi Rum
Local presentation of the
Cocktail Culture exhibition is
made possible in part through the generosity of Mr. Bruce Beal, Jean S.
and Frederic A. Sharif, and Wilmington Trust.
